Post by blackcrowheart on Nov 1, 2005 13:52:27 GMT -5
Full story at:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051029/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_us_missionaries
Tribe Questions Missionaries' Expulsion By NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON,
Associated Press Writer
Sat Oct 29, 4:54 PM ET
CANO IGUANA, Venezuela - Deep in the jungle, Indians wearing
loincloths and beaded necklaces gather in a hut to hear their leader
question why the American missionaries who help them are being told to
leave the country.
The missionaries have been here for years, offering Bible lessons,
helping cure the sick and painstakingly learning the Indians'
language. Now, President Hugo Chavez says their U.S.-based evangelical
group has links to the CIA, and he ordered all missionaries
working with the New Tribes Mission to leave Venezuela.
"They've always helped us, they've lived among us," said tribal leader
Timoteo Tute, 42. "How can they send them away?"
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051029/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_us_missionaries
Tribe Questions Missionaries' Expulsion By NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON,
Associated Press Writer
Sat Oct 29, 4:54 PM ET
CANO IGUANA, Venezuela - Deep in the jungle, Indians wearing
loincloths and beaded necklaces gather in a hut to hear their leader
question why the American missionaries who help them are being told to
leave the country.
The missionaries have been here for years, offering Bible lessons,
helping cure the sick and painstakingly learning the Indians'
language. Now, President Hugo Chavez says their U.S.-based evangelical
group has links to the CIA, and he ordered all missionaries
working with the New Tribes Mission to leave Venezuela.
"They've always helped us, they've lived among us," said tribal leader
Timoteo Tute, 42. "How can they send them away?"